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I know the narrative (and majority of comments) like to hate on Zuck, so just adding another perspective for this particular situation.
I have no opinion on TikTok (I am an adult with better things to do,) however, fair question: does TikTok pose a threat? There was a report that TikTok users sabotaged a Trump rally. It would seem that that could be considered “election campaign interference sponsored/enabled by a foreign government.” We’ve gotten mad at Facebook for similar things haven’t we? Or, if it’s against Trump, that’s acceptable? Not sure wh…
Sort of a Frankenstein’s monster situation Zuckerberg created for himself. He took Bytedance’s money so they could plaster TikTok ads all over Facebook and Instagram back in 2018. TikTok pays its approved creators around $0.035 per 1,000 views. Maybe compete with that.
So a video with 100,000,000 views gets around $35,000? That seems low. A few searches suggest YouTube pays at least an order of magnitude more, depending on geo and engagement.
I have no opinion on TikTok (I am an adult with better things to do,) however, fair question: does TikTok pose a threat? There was a report that TikTok users sabotaged a Trump rally. It would seem that that could be considered “election campaign interference sponsored/enabled by a foreign government.” We’ve gotten mad at Facebook for similar things haven’t we? Or, if it’s against Trump, that’s acceptable? Not sure wh…
I was wondering about that too. For those claiming that Trump is mad at TikTok[1] because kpop fans on the site sabotaged the Tulsa campaign rally by signing up for (free) tickets, a) How do you know that said sabotage was 100% organic and not something TikTok manipulated its algorithms to encourage? b) Even if said sabotage were 100% organic, does the fact that this was done on a Chinese platform cause concern? c) H…
It's up to the trump campaign to accept or deny the ticket sales
Sort of a Frankenstein’s monster situation Zuckerberg created for himself. He took Bytedance’s money so they could plaster TikTok ads all over Facebook and Instagram back in 2018. TikTok pays its approved creators around $0.035 per 1,000 views. Maybe compete with that.
So a video with 100,000,000 views gets around $35,000? That seems low. A few searches suggest YouTube pays at least an order of magnitude more, depending on geo and engagement.
You only get $35,000 but the hardware you need is in your pocket.
Of course, you need to be cool and be good at marketing- but still!
I wouldn't be surprised they paid for PR to put the heat on Cambridge Analytica. CA got burned bad for not breaking any US laws. FB got off mostly scot-free. If you make the competition look bad you will look less bad.
Isnt Zukerberg also married to a Chinese and speaks Mandarin?
You can support Chinese culture, language and people whilst not supporting their government or its policies. No different to how the world sees countries like Israel, Russia and even the US.
Sort of a Frankenstein’s monster situation Zuckerberg created for himself. He took Bytedance’s money so they could plaster TikTok ads all over Facebook and Instagram back in 2018. TikTok pays its approved creators around $0.035 per 1,000 views. Maybe compete with that.
So a video with 100,000,000 views gets around $35,000? That seems low. A few searches suggest YouTube pays at least an order of magnitude more, depending on geo and engagement.
I have no opinion on TikTok (I am an adult with better things to do,) however, fair question: does TikTok pose a threat? There was a report that TikTok users sabotaged a Trump rally. It would seem that that could be considered “election campaign interference sponsored/enabled by a foreign government.” We’ve gotten mad at Facebook for similar things haven’t we? Or, if it’s against Trump, that’s acceptable? Not sure wh…
The rule is to not allow a social app owned/controlled by a communist state to gain popularity in the US. China has its own rule that doesn't allow apps/services that promote freedom(of speech). It looks like US realised(a bit late) that the communist state it fed got pretty fat and it became challenger at no. 1 world's super-power spot.
If I want to communicate over a communist app, I should be allowed to. It's a political statement
Sort of a Frankenstein’s monster situation Zuckerberg created for himself. He took Bytedance’s money so they could plaster TikTok ads all over Facebook and Instagram back in 2018. TikTok pays its approved creators around $0.035 per 1,000 views. Maybe compete with that.
So a video with 100,000,000 views gets around $35,000? That seems low. A few searches suggest YouTube pays at least an order of magnitude more, depending on geo and engagement.